# Kibana in kubernetes - persistence?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-kubernetes-persistence/220222>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-kubernetes-persistence/220222 "2020-02-20T16:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![ceastman-ibm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@ceastman-ibm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ceastman-ibm)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-kubernetes-persistence/220222/1 "2020-02-20T16:04:20Z")

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How does Kibana persist its data (dashboards, etc.) in kubernetes?

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-kubernetes-persistence/220222/2 "2020-02-20T18:01:52Z")

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Kibana is storing all of its data in the connected Elasticsearch cluster in a special “.kibana” index, no matter how it’s deployed

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-kubernetes-persistence/220222/3 "2020-03-19T18:10:14Z")

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